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A guide to the greatest hits chart battle By Mark Savage Entertainment reporter, BBC News THE BEATLES - LOVE The Beatles were regular visitors to the BBC in the early 1960s Who are they? Arguably the most influential rock group of all time, The Beatles were four young lads from Liverpool who...

I was browsing through Willie Williams tour diary entries and the latest post sees Willie describing some of the monumental lighting and effects that will be used on the second leg. He says: "So we waited for dark then turned off all the stadium house lights to have a look at some of the toys...

An update on ticketmaster UK says that the tickets will now not be posted until the end of April at the very earliest. Oh well, another month to wait. They like to keep us ticketless as the tour rolls closer to town....

I thought the Elevation tour was brilliant. Simple, effective, the music came first in an intimate venue with a smaller crowd. But the spectacle that was PopMart with 4 times the size of audience, a bigger stage (plus B stage), the volume cranked up - was a much more impressive and overwhelming...

They did it - Vertigo and now Sometimes hit the Uk No. 1 spot. Well done boys!

I've been thinking of the possibilities of the support act at Twickenham. We know Snow Patrol and The Killers are unlikely as they have been confirmed at other venues, so who do you think it will be? Possible bands: Razorlight Maroon 5 Stereophonics Keane Scissor Sisters Coldplay Oasis or...

I went online at 10am like everyone else, and have spent all day battling with a code that won't work and was thoroughly pissed off. I sent gateway numerous emails with no avail.... ...until an hour ago. They finally sent me a new code. I started again. Went from the link in the email, chose my...

For 2 and a half hours now, the furthest I have got is Ticketcocksuckers high demand page. That was just after 10am. Now all I get is page not available or the pissing invalid code page. Anyone got past this now?

In the UK, Beatles are credited with 15 No.1 albums, Elvis Presley has 10, Abba, Madonna, David Bowie, Michael Jackson (+ The Jacksons) and Led Zepplin all have 8 albums (everyhit.com). So with 9 No.1 albums, are U2 the 3rd top act with top spot records? And what is their position in the US?

In a recent Q Special Edition, readers voted for their greatest icons in music. An interesting list. Here's the top 20. 1. John Lennon 2. Elvis Presley 3. David Bowie 4. Keith Richards 5. Kurt Cobain 6. Madonna 7. Bono 8. Bob Marley 9. Joe Strummer 10. Bob Dylan 11. Morrissey 12. Paul...

The three tracks that in a row make the stongest trio. Not, for example, 1), 5) and 9) but sequencially. Mine are: 3) Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own 4) Love and Peace or Else 5) City of Blinding Lights Together they represent what U2 does best: uplifting ballad, slightly experimental...

A straightforward idea of which songs have yet to work their magic on you and those which have hit you right between the eyes and elevated your soul: For me Grower Miracle Drug (great song but not quite classic) One Step Closer (beautiful but slow tempo means it's taking time) Yahweh (great...

Unfortunately I don't have it with me to scan or type, but the latest Uncut magazine gives a pretty positive review of HTDAAB, giving it 4 out of 5 and the Album of the Month accolade. Also has an interview with Steve Lillywhite about his work on the album and what it was like working with the...

Either in the past or in the upcoming tour of 2005/06, how far have you/will you travel to see the boys play rock and roll? Personally, I live just outside London, and for the Popmart tour I got as far as Paris (200+ miles) and for the Elevation tour, I saw them in New York at Madison Square...

THE BIG BANG That post-irony purple patch shows no sign of ending 4 out of 5 Is there a rock band as universally liked as U2? Everybody has time for U2. Through a combination of humility, self-depreciation, the suspicion that their hearts are in the right place, globetrotting charity work and...

I was just listening to Vertigo at full volume and started imagining ideas of how they'll kick off their live shows. As far as we know, it'll be the opening song and much like Elevation it'll blow the crowd away! The thought that really gave me goose bumps was the stop/start break at 2.22...

I was listening to a local radio station based just outside of London this morning, and after playing Beautiful Day the DJ said he had a special pass to go to Centre Point (a rather tall and famous building in the heart of London) tonight to hear the new album! Obviously he was really excited...

Not just the song but if you like the film and how the song is used. Hands That Built America (Gangs of New York) Sweetest Thing (Mr. Deeds) Zoo Station (About A Boy) Always Forever Now (Heat) Elevation (Tomb Raider) Ground Beneath Her Feet (Million Dollar Hotel) In God's Country (Three Kings)...

Over on Radio 1, they are broadcasting live from the Q Awards in London. U2 just won the Icon Award. Presenter Edith Bowman just chatted to Bono who was saying how Vertigo seems to have exploded in the UK, US, Japan etc and people are loving the song. He then went on to say the reason U2 haven't...

....the brilliant musical link between Unforgettable Fire and Joshua Tree? If you listen to MLK and then Where The Streets Have No Name, as MLK fades out with that gorgeous, ambient organ, Streets opens with an identical ambient organ before the intro really kicks in. They appear to mirror one...

The new issue of Q Magazine (with U2 adorning the cover) have listed the 50 biggest bands ever based on: a) US sales + UK sales b) the bands biggest gig (no festivals) c) weeks spent on the UK album chart Key: BA (biggest album) BG (biggest gig) WoC (weeks on album chart) 50) Van Halen BA -...